Writing for The Independent, Louis Dore reports on Sir Michael Wilshaw’s comments at the Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Foundation Summit.

The head of Osted has said that “feckless” parents should be shamed if they fail to turn up to parents’ evenings.

Sir Michael Wilshaw also said he wished he could fine parents if they did not support the schools of their children.

He said: “I would have loved, as a head teacher, to have said to a parent, you haven’t been to a parents’ evening on three successive occasions, you don’t ensure your children come to school with books in the morning, I’m going to impose a fine which will be supported by law.

Sir Michael Wilshaw told the Sutton Trust summit in London: “It’s really up to head teachers to be challenging. I used to send very nasty letters to parents who didn’t turn up to parents evening, saying ‘you’re not going to get your son or daughter’s report until you come and see me. You haven’t turned up to parents evening three times on the trot.

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